An essay on the domestic debts of the United States of America. Giving an account of the various kinds of public securities, and generally in what manner the debts arose: with the provision made and proposed for payment of the interest and principal thereof by Foederal measures, and of those adopted by individual states. To which is subjoined, a statement of the foreign debt, as set forth by the United States in Congress assembled, in their address and recommendations of the 18th of April, 1783. By Matthew M'Connell.